| This book is a useful guide to those that want to learn about CDMA systems, as well as a reference to practitioners. It is well organized and not only it covers lot of ground, but it does so without sacrificing discussion of the details. I found this book to be more than about summarizing the 1000s of pages of the cdma2000 specifications. It gives insight of the rationale behind protocol design and explains the trade-offs involved. System implementation details and algorithms are explained. The chapters on power control, handovers, and packet data operation are well written and very insightful. The chapter on the signaling layer has useful call flows and is an excellent reference. I found the last chapter on end-to-end network operations a bit unique and very useful. But I must say that this chapter could use some more details in the text describing the call flows. If you need a reference book on cdma2000 or if you are new to this technology and need a guide book, this book is the best available in my opinion. |
The cdma2000 System for Mobile Communications: 3G Wireless Evolution (Prentice Hall Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series) Books In Print, Audio Books.